40-38-205 - Impact statement to be part of presentence report Contents Number of statements. - Tennessee Statutes

40-38-205. Impact statement to be part of presentence report Contents Number of statements.

Prior to imposition of sentence in a felony case, the department of correction shall prepare a written victim impact statement as part of the presentence report on the defendant. The statement shall include applicable information obtained during consultation with the victim or the victim representative. If the victim or victim representative cannot be located or declines to participate in the preparation of the statement, the department shall include a notation to that effect in the statement. If there are multiple victims and preparation of individual victim impact statements is not feasible, the department may submit one (1) or more representative statements.

[Acts 1993, ch. 438, § 5.]